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as in rehabilitates
to restore to a healthy condition
a low-fat vegetarian diet, moderate exercise, and stress management help heal a diseased heart heal the sick
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as in recovers
to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness
most of the soldiers could go home while they were still healing from their wounds
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as in cures
to bring about recovery from
time heals all wounds, even those of the heart
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Recent Examples of heals
That admission runs counter to the tidy grief narrative most people carry around — the idea that time heals in a straight line.
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Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2026
In cases like these, more fun lip balms just don’t cut it, whereas this 100% natural ointment instantly heals and replenishes.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2026
The Tula 24-7 Hydrating Day and Night Cream heals dry, dull winter skin, repairs the skin barrier, and smooths fine lines and wrinkles.
—Melony Forcier, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
Normally pain fades as the body heals.
—Geoffroy Laumet, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2026
Your 5th House of Creativity and Romance warms as the nurturing Moon blends with loving Venus there, encouraging playful expression that potentially heals old insecurities as well.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2026
This process closely resembles how human skin heals after a cut.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
The optimistic take is not that this heals itself.
—Josh Tanenbaum, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
Lighter damage often heals easily on its own, but deeper burns destroy both surface and deeper tissues.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2026
Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2026
In cases like these, more fun lip balms just don’t cut it, whereas this 100% natural ointment instantly heals and replenishes.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2026
The Tula 24-7 Hydrating Day and Night Cream heals dry, dull winter skin, repairs the skin barrier, and smooths fine lines and wrinkles.
—Melony Forcier, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
Normally pain fades as the body heals.
—Geoffroy Laumet, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2026
Your 5th House of Creativity and Romance warms as the nurturing Moon blends with loving Venus there, encouraging playful expression that potentially heals old insecurities as well.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2026
This process closely resembles how human skin heals after a cut.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
The optimistic take is not that this heals itself.
—Josh Tanenbaum, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
Lighter damage often heals easily on its own, but deeper burns destroy both surface and deeper tissues.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heals
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The charitable series, formerly starring LeAnne Rimes and Luke Grimes, ensures 15-percent of ticket proceeds go to the Saving Grace Equine Healing Foundation that rescues and rehabilitates horses.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
15 Jan. 2026
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In total, the Ventana Wildlife Society — a group that traps, breeds and rehabilitates the vultures for release into the wild — has tracked 30 different condors that took multiple trips to parts of Alameda and Contra Costa counties sometime in the past two years.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
21 Oct. 2025
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Tommy Novak, serving as the first-line center while captain Sidney Crosby recovers from a lower-body injury sustained at the Milan Cortina Olympics, picked up his 12th goal of the season.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Gordon essentially takes Gavin’s side, buying out Billy, and the friendship between the two younger men never recovers.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2026
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The movie, a result of Cook’s wild imagination and British legends, is a horror fantasy drama set in 1893 about Betty Lutey (Beatie Edney), while barred from studying medicine, cures someone with Tuberculosis with a mermaid’a cursed pearl comb.—
James Russell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Oct. 2025
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Her father, Raúl, once a hopeful biotechnologist, now pours his fear into strange, homemade cures no one else trusts.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
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One fixes the bone, while the other does skin grafting of the wounds, which adds to recovery time.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Swapping the wires usually fixes the problem.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Feb. 2026
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The Pro Collagen Marine Cream with SPF 30 is the ultimate 3-in-1 anti-wrinkle moisturizer that improves hydration and firmness while protecting skin from sun exposure.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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The electrolyte is a gel, which improves energy density without the chemical instability risks of fully solid designs.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Feb. 2026
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The Hunter trade alleviates the logjam in the backcourt, clears the way for rookie Nique Clifford to get more playing time and opens a roster spot for the Kings to convert rookie two-way center Dylan Cardwell to a standard NBA contract.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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Similarly, having a closed kitchen alleviates some of the pressure of reducing visual clutter.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Jan. 2026
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Programming that treats culture as the lens Vine Street’s Black History Month approach isn’t a seasonal costume.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
27 Feb. 2026
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The hospital also operates the Neil Reitman Pediatric Burn Institute, which treats children with all forms of burn injuries.—
Theresa Clift,
Sacbee.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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This lotion relieves and helps prevent and relieve dry skin for 24 hours.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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And a rising salary cap relieves any pressure to dump cumbersome contracts.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Heals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heals. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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